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Rason

Rason is a North Korean special city and ice-free port in the in the North Pacific Ocean on the northeast tip of . It is in the region and location of the Rason Special Economic Zone.
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  • Type: City with 197,000 residents
  • Description: North Korean city and ice-free port in the East Sea
  • Also known as: “Najin Sŏnbong-si”, “Rajin-Sŏnbong”, “Rasŏn”, “Rason-si”, and “Rasŏn-si”
  • Neighbors:

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rajin-guyok.

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Photo: Laika ac, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rajin-guyŏk is a North Korean ward on Rason in the in the North Pacific Ocean on the northeast tip of . It is in the region and location in the south of Rason. North of it lies the North Korea–Russia border.

Rason

Latitude
42.2497° or 42° 14′ 59″ north
Longitude
130.3113° or 130° 18′ 41″ east
Population
197,000
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
8QJG68X6+VG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 530848646
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2054927
Wiki­data ID
Q221734
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Rason” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Raseon”
  • Achinese: “Rason”
  • Arabic: “راسون”
  • Armenian: “Ռասոն”
  • Asturian: “Rason”
  • Azerbaijani: “Rason”
  • Basque: “Rason”
  • Basque: “Rasŏn”
  • Belarusian: “Расон”
  • Bengali: “রাসন”
  • Bengali: “রাসোন”
  • Bulgarian: “Расон”
  • Bulgarian: “Расън”
  • Catalan: “Rason”
  • Catalan: “Rasŏn”
  • Cebuano: “Rason”
  • Chinese: “Rasŏn Te̍k-pia̍t-chhī”
  • Chinese: “罗先”
  • Chinese: “罗先市”
  • Chinese: “罗先特级市”
  • Chinese: “罗先直辖市”
  • Chinese: “羅先”
  • Chinese: “羅先市”
  • Chinese: “羅先特別市”
  • Chinese: “羅先特級市”
  • Chinese: “羅先直轄市”
  • Chinese: “羅津”
  • Czech: “Rason”
  • Czech: “Rasŏn”
  • Danish: “Rason”
  • Dutch: “Rajin-Sonbong”
  • Dutch: “Rajin-Sŏnbong”
  • Dutch: “Rajin”
  • Dutch: “Rason”
  • Dutch: “Rasŏn”
  • Dutch: “Sonbong”
  • Dutch: “Sŏnbong”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “راسون”
  • Esperanto: “Rason”
  • Finnish: “Raseon”
  • Finnish: “Rasŏn”
  • French: “Najin”
  • French: “Rajin-Sonbong”
  • French: “Rajin”
  • French: “Rasŏn”
  • French: “Sonbong”
  • German: “KP-13”
  • German: “KP-NAJ”
  • German: “Rason”
  • German: “Rasŏn”
  • Greek: “Ράσον”
  • Gujarati: “રાસન”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Rasŏn”
  • Hebrew: “ראסון”
  • Hindi: “रासों”
  • Hindi: “रासोन”
  • Hungarian: “Raszon”
  • Indonesian: “Rason”
  • Irish: “Rason”
  • Italian: “Rasŏn”
  • Japanese: “ウンギ”
  • Japanese: “ナジン”
  • Japanese: “ラジン”
  • Japanese: “ラソン”
  • Japanese: “羅先”
  • Japanese: “羅先市”
  • Japanese: “羅先特別市”
  • Japanese: “羅先特級市”
  • Japanese: “羅先直轄市”
  • Japanese: “羅津”
  • Japanese: “羅津先鋒”
  • Japanese: “羅津市”
  • Japanese: “羅津府”
  • Japanese: “雄基”
  • Kannada: “ರಾಸನ್”
  • Kashubian: “Rasŏn”
  • Khmer: “រ៉ាសុន”
  • Korean: “Rasŏn”
  • Korean: “나선시”
  • Korean: “나선직할시”
  • Korean: “나선특급시”
  • Korean: “나선특별시”
  • Korean: “나진선봉시”
  • Korean: “라선”
  • Korean: “라선시”
  • Korean: “라선직할시”
  • Korean: “라선특급시”
  • Korean: “라선특별시”
  • Korean: “선봉”
  • Latvian: “Rasona”
  • Lithuanian: “Rasonas”
  • Lithuanian: “Rasŏnas”
  • Low German: “Rason”
  • Malay: “Rason”
  • Marathi: “रासन”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Rasŏn”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Rasŏn Te̍k-pia̍t-chhī”
  • Mongolian: “Расон”
  • Northern Frisian: “Rasŏn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Najin”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rajin-Sonbong”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rajin-Sŏnbong”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rason”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rasŏn”
  • Norwegian: “Rason”
  • Persian: “راسون”
  • Polish: “Nadzin”
  • Polish: “Rajin-Sonbong”
  • Polish: “Rajin-Sŏnbong”
  • Polish: “Rajin”
  • Polish: “Rason”
  • Polish: “Rasŏn”
  • Portuguese: “Rajin”
  • Portuguese: “Rason”
  • Romanian: “Rason”
  • Romanian: “Rasŏn”
  • Russian: “Наджин-Сонбон”
  • Russian: “Насон”
  • Russian: “Раджин-Сонбон”
  • Russian: “Расон”
  • Scots: “Rason”
  • Scots: “Rasŏn”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rasŏn”
  • Sinhala: “රසොන්”
  • Sinhala: “රසෝන්”
  • Spanish: “Rason”
  • Spanish: “Rasŏn”
  • Swedish: “Rajin-Sonbong”
  • Swedish: “Rajin-Sŏnbong”
  • Swedish: “Rason”
  • Swedish: “Rasŏn”
  • Tagalog: “Rason”
  • Tamil: “ராசன்”
  • Tamil: “ரேஷன்”
  • Tatar: “Расон”
  • Telugu: “రాసన్”
  • Thai: “ราซอน”
  • Thai: “ราซ็อน”
  • Turkish: “Rason”
  • Ukrainian: “Наджин-Сонбон”
  • Ukrainian: “Насон”
  • Ukrainian: “Расон”
  • Urdu: “راسون”
  • Venetian: “Rasŏn”
  • Vietnamese: “La Thiên”
  • Vietnamese: “Rason”
  • Vietnamese: “Rasŏn”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Rason”
  • Welsh: “Rason”
  • Yue Chinese: “羅先”
  • Yue Chinese: “羅先直轄市”

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